J.L You are truly a LandRover man. Having spent too many hours over the years
lying in the snow under a lanny could I offer a suggestion. I use a large tarp
over the vehicle (old pool cover) with rocks around the edge to hold it down and
broom sticks to hold it up where I need to. I use my Coleman light for
illumination and heat. Gets cosy eventually and beats having swollen and frozen
fingers. Use two or three tuques on your head and your fingers will not get as
cold.(yep, you read that right)
Dave
Jean-Leon Morin wrote:
> > Another part for the "parts-destruction-engineering-method-test-bin"...
> >
> > Time for an Atlas double kick-down 800Nm Superheterodyne Transfer case?
> >
> > ;-)
>
> Actually, I'm kinda surprised it failed. The rover T case is very heavy duty
> and a lot of people told me it would hold up to lots of power. It's not like
> the I6 is a super powerful motor anyways, it's got a lot of low end, but
> it's definitely not a "hot" motor.
>
> I'm in the house right now having a bowl of soup and warming my extremities
> up. It's a beautiful day, bright sunshine, however it's about -25 degrees
> celsius and this morning it was even colder. I'm stuck doing the work
> outside, so I've got a propane construction heater aimed under the truck and
> I have to warm my hands after removing every bolt. It's not super
> comfortable, however it's better than no heater. I've managed to remove the
> old transfer case in about an hour, which is a lot less than I originally
> thought.
>
> I've been looking over the parts and I'm still baffled as to why they
> failed. Gears, after being in use for thirty years, will eventually break,
> and I think that this one may have failed this way. This combined with the
> super thick gear oil (same consistency as uncured JB weld) may have combined
> to make a heck of a mess.
>
> The only thing better than Land-Rovers is Land-Rover owners. In the past
> three weeks, two local LROs have saved my bacon by offering up transfer case
> parts, and the best part, no charge. Yesterday, it took about five minutes
> to find a transfer case. I pulled the pan off the old one, verified that it
> was indeed the T case, and then sent out an e mail. Within minutes I had a
> reply, stating that I could pick up the parts that night. Try that with any
> other vehicle!
>
> Again, thank you Kevin Willey and Martin Bagshaw!
>
> J-L
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